Morgan Freeman MOVIE ACTOR

                         

Morgan Freeman Facts  

ABOUTActor, director, and narrator who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Million Dollar Baby in 2005. He has appeared in hits such as Bruce Almighty, The Dark Knight Trilogy, The Sum of All Fears, and Dolphin Tale.

BEFORE FAMEWhen he was nine years old, he played the lead role in a school play. He turned down a drama scholarship at Jason State University to work as a radar mechanic in the U.S. Air Force in 1955.

TRIVIA FACTHe has spoken in opposition to Black History Month, saying that black history is American history.

FAMILY LIFEHe was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from 1967 to 1979. He married his second wife, Myrna Colley-Lee in 1984. The couple separated in 2010.

ASSOCIATED WITHHe won an Oscar Award for his role in The Shawshank Redemption with Tim Robbins.